An extreme example of the dangers of DIY investing, admittedly. A gambling addict who’d given up,...
SIPP
“Ban unregulated SIPP investments and pension introducers, say advisers”
Perhaps I’m not a lone voice in calling for the regulator to do what’s always seemed to me to be...
“Fos prepares to refer claims to FSCS after latest Sipp collapse”
Just backtracked and found that I make the same comments about the same regulatory failures about...
“Claims to head to FSCS as £26.7m Sipp firm fails”
Yawn. Here we go again. More compensation paid out to punters, lured into transferring their...
“FSCS pays out £22.5m on failed Sipp”
It’s not me who’s the stuck record. It’s the idiots who repeat, or allow others to repeat, year...
“FSCS receives 1,000 claims against troubled Sipp provider”
Once again, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is to shell out to investors whose...
“Rising SIPP claims push FSCS levy to £635m”
We’ve just had a bill for several £000s from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Not...
“How I made £1m: ‘I grew my pension pot 11 times over – here’s how I pick stocks'”
And it’s stories like these that inspire J Public (well, the Telegraph-reading JP) to chance their...
“Hundreds of claims reach FSCS as Sipp declared in default”
Am I missing something here? Time and again we read of punters losing their pensions, having been...
“Carey Pension faces fresh legal battle”
I can hear the questions now: ‘I’m always reading about people who’ve had money in pensions and...
“Advisers among firms hit with extra £24m FSCS levy”
There are a couple more things for we advisers to moan about as the New Year rapidly ages. The...